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Directory Auth Plugin
NOTE: Major changes from 0.3
- renamed to DirectoryAuthPlugin
- conf variables are renamed for standardization
- now more directory type agnostic
- soon will be renamed to DirectoryAuthPlugin
The Directory Auth Plugin is a password store for the AccountManagerPlugin that provides authentication and groups from Active Directory.
Users are authenticated by performing an ldap_bind against an LDAP or AD server using their credentials. The plugin will also pull the email address and displayName from Directory and populate the
session_attribute table. See Populating ''Assign To'' Drop Down in Trac for more information on why.
- One can specify a group which users must be a member of in order to log in.
- Additionally, one may specify an admin group. If a user is a member of the admin group, then they will automatically be granted the
- Finally, Directory groups are extended into the trac namespace. They can be used to extend permissions by group.
- directory groups are prefixed by @
- group names are lowercase and spaces are replaced with underscores.
See GroupManagement for more details.
Given the expense of traversing the network for authorizations, a two-stage cache has been implemented. This caches data in the database for all instances of python, and in memory for each instance; while maintaining expiration and flushing the cache(s) as necessary. See: CacheManagement for details.
Bugs/Feature Requests
Existing bugs and feature requests for DirectoryAuthPlugin are here.
If you have any issues, create a new ticket.
Download the zipped source from [download:directoryauthplugin here]
You can check out DirectoryAuthPlugin from here using Subversion, or browse the source with Trac.
- You must install AccountManagerPlugin in order to use this plugin.
- Python-LDAP is also required and can be downloaded here
Follow the Trac documentation on how to install Trac plugins
- starting with 0.3, a database upgrade will be required as part of the installation.
- install the plugin and it's prerequisites
- update the database
trac-admin /var/trac/instance upgrade
- restart the trac service or your webserver.
NOTE: this has changed from 0.3 to 0.4!!!'''
All config options go under the [account-manager] config heading. Options for this module are:
[account-manager] #--to use this module with AccountManager, ADAuthStore must be enabled inside of AccountManager password_store = ADAuthStore #--define the Active Directory host address here. A port other than default(389) is set as # ldap://hostname:port or ldaps://hostname:port dir_uri = ldap://adserver.example.com #-- the Active Directory's base DN to search from, this is likely just your domain dir_basedn = DC=example,DC=com #-- the user/password to search the directory from, it must be a valid dir_binddn = email@example.com dir_bindpw = ldapuserpassword #-- timeout for an ldap operation before in seconds dir_timeout = 5 #-- the default charset for the ldap server dir_charset = utf-9 ##### Userinfo #-- the attribute containing the users login name, THIS MUST BE UNIQUE! user_attr = sAMAccountName #-- the attribute containing the users display name name_attr = displayName #-- the attribute containing the users email addy email_attr = mail ##### Groups #-- where to look for groups, uses dir_basedn if not defined. group_basedn = ou=Groups,dc=foo,dc=net #-- expand directory groups group_expand = 1 #-- the name of a group .. uses user_attr if not defined. group_attr = cn #-- which attribute to look in for members group_member_attr = member #-- what to look for in the member_attr group_member_value = dn #-- the dn of a group that has valid users, all users if not enabled group_validusers = CN=Alltechs,OU=Mail enabled groups,OU=Email,DC=serverplus,DC=com #-- the DN for a group automagically given TRAC_ADMIN # if this option is enabled you must specify the UserExtensiblePermissionStore as the trac permission store, such as: # [trac] # permission_store = UserExtensiblePermissionStore group_tracadmin = CN=Administration,DC=example,DC=com #### Cache Tuning #-- cached entry time to live in seconds cache_ttl= 90 #-- memorycache size in entries, and a highwater warning mark cache_memsize = 400 cache_memsize_warn = 300 #-- memory cache prune size in percentage cache_memprune = 5 [trac] permission_store = UserExtensiblePermissionStore
If you are unsure of what the DNs for your groups are, you may want to use an LDAP browser to inspect your Active Directory schema to find out a group's DN.
Common Errors
If you see Trac throwing an exception similar to "OPERATIONS_ERROR: In order to perform this operation a successful bind must be completed on the connection" when you know the bind user/pass is correct you will want to try connection to active directory on port 3268. This may happen when AD is running across multiple machines.
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This work was to help towards the preservation of the Irish Language, to maintain it's continuity with the past, and was to become a resource for teachers to check pronunciation #DIASdiscovers #Irish #Irishlanguage #CelticStudies #Gaelic
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Happy 70th birthday to the legend and genius that is Professor Liam Breatnach! @SCSLibrary @DIAS_Dublin— Elizabeth Boyle (@thecelticist) September 22, 2020
The papers were 1) Affine Field Theory: conservation identitites and relation to Weyl and Eddington 2)The Union of the three fundamental fields (Gravitation, Menson, Electromagnetism) Which went on to secure worldwide acclaim. #DIASdiscovers
Date: 01 December 1943 Paper: The Irish Press Headline: Two Papers by Dr. Schroedinger Synopsis: 1943 was a busy year for Schroedinger. Not only did he deliver the "What is Life?" Lectures in @tcddublin in February in November he delivered two papers in the @RIAdawson (1/2)
Available to buy on the DIAS bookshop: books.dias.ie/index.php?main… (5/5) #DIASdiscovers #celtic #studies #twopatricks
As part of our ongoing participation in the @HistFest we decided to take a look into the Irish Newspaper Archives and see where DIAS made it into print over the last 80 years. There were so many articles, the hardest part was selecting what we would post. We hope you enjoy!
@AReillyFailte @CultureNight @VisitDublin Thanks Antoinette! Glad you enjoyed 😊
Big thank you to @MartinaPQuinn of @helloalicepr for moderating the discussion, and of course to our panel @NeasaMcG @CormacORafferty and @laoneill111
@CormacORafferty "to cut yourself off from fundamental research means you could miss out on some of the biggest ideas"
@laoneill "it's our job as researchers to keep reminding governments how important basic research is" "For Dev basic research being carried out in Ireland was a badge of pride"
@NeasaMcG Schrödinger's work in causality was not well received by the religious authorities at the time At the same time DIAS did have Catholic priests working on research projects in the early days, so there was not the conflict you might think between science and religion


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New Orleans has been through a lot. In the five years since Katrina and four months of the BP drilling disaster, we have seen more than our share of trauma and loss. But this is still a city where the streets are always alive with music and culture. In New Orleans, we dance at funerals because we mourn through celebration. It's a city of kindness and community, where bars never close, where you can find great live music with no cover (and sometimes free food) on any night of the week — and almost every weekend has a festival or some kind of street party.
In an early episode of Treme, the HBO drama dedicated to embracing New Orleans culture, a character based on local musician Davis Rogan advises some young Christian volunteers to check out a neighborhood bar named Bullets, where every Tuesday night the much beloved musician Kermit Ruffins plays. When Davis runs into the volunteers the next afternoon, they haven't slept. They've been out all night, having the time of their lives, forgetting all of their volunteering responsibilities.
This will happen to you in New Orleans, if you let it. There is always something to do here, and you can always catch up on sleep when you get home.
New Orleans is also a city of tremendous cultural and historical importance. This is the city that birthed jazz and bounce music and still keeps supplying the world with more Branford Marsalises and Lil' Waynes. This is the city that claims the oldest black neighborhood in the country — the Treme, where free black people began settling as early as 1725.
Often called North America's African city, New Orleans is steeped in traditions both African and Caribbean. This rich background can be attributed in part to the legacy of French colonialism, which — while still brutal and racist — allowed enslaved black people to buy their freedom. This enabled African cultural traditions to be maintained in New Orleans in a way that they weren't elsewhere in the United States.
If you want to experience New Orleans the way the locals do, the first thing you need to do is get a handle on the culture, with a visit to the Backstreet Cultural Museum or the House of Dance and Feathers, two small institutions dedicated to celebrating and educating the public about New Orleans' unique African-American cultural traditions. Next, stop by a small arts space like the Ashé Cultural Arts Center or a spot where locals gather for conversation and debate, like the Community Book Center.
With food, music, cultural traditions and holidays that are distinct from the rest of the U.S., New Orleans sometimes seems to be a country unto itself. You may have heard of Mardi Gras, but unless you've lived in a city that celebrates carnival, you don't really know what it's like. For starters, the locals celebrate Mardi Gras in several different ways. Some are public spectacles, while others are shrouded in secrecy.
New Orleans is famous for its food, and if you want to eat where civil rights workers gathered to plan strategy and President Obama stopped by to eat some gumbo, sit down for soul food at Dooky Chase, a Creole restaurant across the street from a public housing development torn down after Katrina. If you want to have lunch where black politicians and local celebrities go to network, stop by Lil' Dizzy's on Esplanade Avenue, in the heart of the Treme neighborhood. New Orleans cuisine doesn't offer much for non-meat eaters, but there are some options. Bennachin, an inexpensive West African spot in the French Quarter, offers meat, fish and vegetarian options.
Live music is a central part of life in New Orleans. You can always find a range of performers, and several bars and restaurants that never close, on Frenchmen Street. On a Saturday night, listen to old-school hip-hop from the upstairs balcony of the Blue Nile, dance to salsa at Lazziza or cram into the cozy Apple Barrel for some live jazz. If you want to step farther away from the tourist zone, head a few blocks over to St. Bernard Street, where several black-owned clubs, including Sidney's Saloon — owned by Kermit Ruffins — and Perfect Fit, a more mature spot that often features live R&B, keep the party going till the late hours.
Nearly every Sunday in New Orleans, from September through June, you can find (if you know whom to ask) a second line. What is a second line? It's a cross between a parade, a giant roving street party and a family barbecue. The larger second lines involve three brass bands and thousands of people traversing several miles over the course of four or five hours, dancing the whole time.
New Orleans has other cultural traditions all its own. One example is the Mardi Gras Indians — black men, predominantly, and some women — who dress in elaborate costumes that they have spent all year designing and constructing. The costuming originated as a tribute to Native American communities to acknowledge the support they provided to black people during the times of slavery. For example, native communities served as stops on the Underground Railroad, offering refuge for those escaping from slavery.
If you want to celebrate civil rights history, New Orleans offers a lot to choose from. The largest uprising of enslaved people in the U.S. happened in 1811 just outside the city limits. After the Civil War, Louisiana had the first African-American governor in U.S. history, P.B.S. Pinchback, who served for a mere four weeks in office. In 1892 a black New Orleanian named Homer Plessy participated in a direct action that brought the first (unsuccessful) legal challenge to the doctrine of "separate but equal" — the challenge that became the Supreme Court case of Plessy v. Ferguson.
In 1970 the local chapter of the Black Panther Party had a standoff with the police in the Desire housing development, and hundreds of residents came out and forced the police to retreat. You can connect with some aspects of this history through Louisiana's African American Heritage Trail, which even has its own iPhone app.
In short, New Orleans is a city to visit whether you want to celebrate a history of civil rights struggles or dance all night to live music. A city of stunning architecture, music and food unlike anywhere else in the world. A place you may never want to leave.
And when you do leave, note that our airport is named Louis Armstrong International Airport. Who is your city's airport named after?
Jordan Flaherty is a journalist based in New Orleans. His new book is Floodlines: Community and Resistance From Katrina to the Jena Six (floodlines.org).
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It is Hall of Fame weekend in Cincinnati. The Reds will be inducting more of the franchise's top players into its Hall of Fame tomorrow before the game. Perhaps a good conversation starter for today's game thread would be discussing which current Reds player(s) will likely be back in a decade or so to join this year's inductees.
While the ceremony and induction are huge, the games this weekend are more important to the current club. The Reds are still 4 back in the division and 3 back of the Wild Card spot for the post-season while riding their current 3 game winning streak. The Reds took 3 of 4 from the Marlins earlier this month and would love to take 3 games from them again this weekend. Before the Reds can eye sweeping the Fish, they have to take care of game 1 tonight first.
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Warren "Rich" Ford, 65, died unexpectedly Saturday, November 9, 2013 at his home. Mr. Ford, son of the late Warren A. and Dorothy (Gibbs) Ford was born in Goshen, NY on November 19, 1947. He was a lifelong resident of Minisink.
Mr. Ford was a heavy equipment operator. He retired in 2010 from Allied Excavating in Warwick, NY. Previous to Allied he worked for EZE, CAM/AL Industries and Hakes Excavating. He was a 46 year member of Minisink Hose Co. #1 in Unionville, NY.
Mr. Ford was predeceased by his wife, Edith E. Ford in 1997; a sister, Jane Hansen and a stepdaughter, Cindy Crowell. He is survived by his sons, Richard E. Ford and his wife, April of Aurora, NY and Brent E. Ford and his wife, Lauren of Westtown, NY; sisters, Shirley Gilkey and her husband, Lynn of New Mexico and Nancy Nicholas and her husband, Robert of Sparta, TN; grandchildren, Connor, Richard, Hunter and Addison; stepchildren, Ezra Stevenfield Jr. of FL, SueAnn Talmadge of FL, David Stevenfield of Wantage, NJ and Steven Stevenfield of Wantage, NJ and their families.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, November 14, 2013 at 11 a.m. at Ferguson Funeral Home, 27 Third St., Sussex, NJ. Interment will follow at Unionville Cemetery, Unionville, NY. Friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday, from 4 to 8 p.m.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Minisink Hose Co. #1, P.O. Box 372, Unionville, NY 10988.
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Honeymoon's over: Is the first year the hardest?
The wedding went off without a hitch, you're bronzed from a week-long Hawaiian honeymoon– heck, you've even written all 200 thank-you notes. Now what?
Anecdotally at least, the first year of marriage can be one of the hardest. As you settle down into a regular life together, your partner's quirks may seem a bit more exaggerated than they did pre-wedding– even if you lived together. Something about "'til death do us part" makes loud chewing and the dirty laundry on the floor somehow less endearing...
So what do you do if your new husband leaves more crumbs in his wake than Hansel? Or if your new wife is single-handedly keeping Scarpa in business?
"Communicate!" advises John Penn Turner, a local therapist who frequently works with couples and who says money and sex issues are the two "biggies" in most marriages. (Turner's own civil union is featured in this issue on page XX.)
Getting off on the right foot is important, and Turner suggests a short run of premarital counseling to help set the stage for happily ever after.
"A lot of times there are unspoken expectations that are a set up for some sort of a problem in the future," he says. When a couple arrives in his office, Turner focuses first on the words they use.
"One of the things we play with is getting the same vocabulary set," he says, "so that when one person says something, the other person understands what that means." For instance, what one person might express as hurt feelings the other might call anger.
"A lot of that," Turner explains, "has to do with the way society perceives feelings for men and women."
If you're irritated by some of your partner's pesky habits (and, really, who isn't?), Turner has some blunt words: it's not your partner's problem. It's yours.
"Saying something about it is okay," he says. "But expecting that the other person will change that behavior probably isn't realistic. You have to do what you need to do to live with it."
Perhaps making it through the first year with a smile on your face is easiest if you go in with realistic expectations.
"Marriage isn't 50/50," says Turner. "It's 100/100 from each party."
Problems? John Penn Turner says money and sex are the two "biggies."


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After my fourth desktop installation in as many days, I suddenly realized a couple of things. One: I like trying out new distributions, and two: I noted how uncluttered my preferred interface is. See below.
So there you have it: the ideal desktop for me. Today. Until I get tired of it, too.
Driven by an urge to move out of my old, stale (to me, anyhow: I've been using KDE for years) KDE desktop environment, I went on an install binge, successively slapping Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.04 (UNE), plain ol' Ubuntu 10.04, and Linux Mint 9 onto unsuspecting hardware that I had laying around. Yes, I know these are all Debian-based distros. I've served my RPM time with Mandrake/Mandriva, RHEL, CENTOS, and Fedora. It's Debian-based distros for me from now on, if I have a choice.
The install sequence went something like this:
- UNE 10.04 on the new Acer Inspire One 532h netbook. Reactions: nice, clean layout. Everything works. Effective use of the limited real estate provided by the 10.1 inch screen.
- Ubuntu 10.04 on the Dell Inspiron 6500 laptop. Reactions: not bad, buy why did Canonical move the buttons over to the left side of the window frame?
- Linux Mint 9 on my Kubuntu/Ubuntu AMD-64 Frankenstein desktop/server. A bit of explanation: this machine has been running successive Kubuntu releases from 7.04 on over the years, with appropriate hardware upgrades every few years. I recently found myself finally becoming fed up with certain KDE idiosyncrasies, and so just a week ago I had installed the gnome-session packages and was running the Gnome interface on it. Reactions to the new install: Wow! Mint is Nice. Everything just worked, including (surprise!) PulseAudio with my SoundBlaster Audigy card.
- Mint on the Insprion 6500, overwriting the fresh Ubuntu 10.04 install, because I liked Mint so much on the desktop.
Now that the dust has settled, here's what my Mint desktop looks like on the AMD-64:
Look at all the Icons lined up at the bottom -- that's how I like to organize my most-used apps. I have highly visual-type memory, but if I do forget what one of the icons is a brief mouse-over pops up the launcher comment. Left to right, what they are:
- A 32-bit Firefox installation. My company uses Juniper's Network Connect in order to access the corporate network. Juniper's NC only runs on 32-bit browsers. Juniper has been taking lessons from Adobe.
- Google's Chrome browser -- what I prefer.
- A 64-bit Firefox. I seldom use it.
- A terminal launcher
- Amarok. Yes, Amarok is a KDE app, but it is the best all-round Linux music app that I've found. I'm listening to RadioParadise.com streaming via Amarok as I write this.
- Picasa
- Sun (now Oracle) VirtualBox
- Thunderbird email client, for reading my corporate email via an encrypted Juniper Networks VPN tunnel.
- Skype
- KMix, another KDE app
- Simple Scanner app
- Kompozer, an html WYSIWYG editor
- Hulu Desktop
- Screenshot
- XKill
- Calculator
- GoogleEarth
- Startup Disk Creator
- Cheese, a webcam app
- Emacs
So there you have it: the ideal desktop for me. Today. Until I get tired of it, too.


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Karen Stewartson served as the managing editor of Government Technology for many years. She also contributed to Public CIO and Emergency Management magazines.
Also, carbonized coffee socks eliminate funky feet.
Marc Touitou talks about IT challenges and goals.
Plus, check out Google's Talking Shoes that could inspire you to burn calories and creating fuel pucks from easy-to-find materials.
A look at 'the 10 killer strategies of the world's most successful businesses.'
Graffiti databases and reporting apps help cities clean up after taggers.
Orlando CIO Rosa Akhtarkhavari discusses tech trends and her leadership style.
Robert Ballard, the man who discovered the ruins of the Titanic, shares how robots assist in undersea exploration.
Also check out doodling in 3-D and the FDA-approved bionic eye.
Government agencies and officials who are still hesitant or skeptical about how to utilize social media have a new tool at their disposal.
Low-cost light, Twitter's Vine app, 3-D printing
Harvesting tornado energy, Kickstarter cities
Michelle Rhee, former chancellor of Washington, D.C., public schools, says we can fix the American public school system by doing these three things.
What can school campuses now purchase to help protect students and staff against gun shootings?
The Sunlight Foundation recently launched what mobile app?
What did a U.S. Web developer recently do that sounds fictitious, but is startlingly true?
What do cockroaches, traffic jams and root canals have in common?
Prince George's County, Md., appoints former tech director of Friends With Hillary as its CIO.
Government Technology attempts to assist last-minute and undecided shoppers during the holiday season.
What Google Plus hashtag was the most trending this year?
Nepalese farmers are finding magic in what bodily fluid?
What's the most overused buzzword on LinkedIn profiles in the U.S.?
Which logo change has garnered public disdain?
If Clinton was president now, he would restrain spending, bring back manufacturing and maximize energy efficiency.
Microgrid deployments, which can alleviate strain on the power supply during disasters, are poised for growth, says report.
What "trendy" name was a baby recently given?
What fruit juice could have fatal consequences when taken with certain medications?
Experts agree that blackouts like the one during Hurricane Sandy can be mitigated if the nation had a smart grid — but it's also a people problem.
What did the former mayor of Flint, Mich., do that has the Internet brewing?
Japan cracks down on illegal music downloads.
Instagram photos of Hurricane Sandy are being streamlined into what website?
As founder and president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Atkinson says a barrier to innovation in government is a lack of competition.
Passion, sense of purpose and compassion are three qualities government leaders should possess.
Here are seven typical facial expressions found in state and local government.
What happens when you cross a robot and a flower?
Los Angeles recently became the final resting home for what NASA shuttle?
What is the Continuously Ergonomic Race Vehicle?
Power electronics with your personal, portable outlet station.
Public-sector employees are connected to Kevin Bacon, too.
A primer for the 68 percent of consumers who have no idea what a smart grid is.
What popular website is banned from a New York high school?
Massoud Amin discusses the smart grid's sustainability and the future of energy consumption.
What's being used at an Israeli theme park to attract tourists?
Book review: The 1% Solution for Work and Life.
Spray-on battery, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer.
What's the name of the device that can print any drug?
What technology will be used to broadcast this year's Olympic Games?
What technology company famously know for its "bong" recently celebrated its birthday?
Get more out of your meetings, or get out of more meetings.
Optical media destroyer, security vest, tablet, e-reader case.
Touchscreen tablet, secure fax, video surveillance system and rugged tablet
Google digitizes Nelson Mandela, customer satisfaction survey.
China's Internet growth.
Workers still quitting jobs despite poor economy.
The wireless Motormouse successfully merges form and function.
Electric car-charging stations come to San Jose.
Headphones offer exceptional sound quality and can be used with iPhones, iPods, MP3 players and hearing aids.
Does Facebook status indicate overall happiness?
Graffiti abatement tool uses GPS data to help link taggers to graffiti elsewhere in Riverside.
FarmVille costs Bulgarian councilman his job.
Cell phones could replace hotel room keys
Government and social networks; engineers model legged robots after cockroaches.
Wi-Fi on wheels; electronics left behind.
Burlington County, N.J., tests military communications technology that provides interoperability among emergency management workers.
Security trends for 2010, distracted drivers.
Residents in San Jose, Calif., can make 311 reports with their iPhones.
Urban and Regional Information Systems Association awards local governments for improving citizen services.
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text: Maurice Sendak's ground-breaking 1963 book Where the Wild Things Are established him as a true visionary in the world of children's literature. In 1964 he received the Caldecott Medal for the book, and in 1970 was the first American illustrator to be awarded the prestigious Hans Christian Anderson Award, for his entire body of work. Wild Things is still one of the pre-eminent children's books even today, and McFarlane Toys worked closely with Sendak to create a series of characters straight from the pages of the book.


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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots released veteran tight ends Jake Ballard and Daniel Fells in the first batch of final cuts.
Now comes the really hard part.
The Patriots released 10 players on Friday and must reduce their roster by 12 more to get down to the NFL regular-season limit of 53 by Saturday.
Tim Tebow could be in jeopardy despite a decent performance in the Patriots' 28-20 win over the New York Giants in the exhibition finale Thursday. The third-string quarterback completed 6 of 11 passes for 91 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. He also was sacked four times but got poor protection on some of them.
"It's not just one game (that matters)," coach Bill Belichick said Friday about the player evaluation process, "although every game is important. But the body of work, the camp, the rate of improvement, the ability to do the things that players are going to be asked to do at their respective positions (also matters)."
Belichick spoke before the cuts were announced and gave no indication of which players he might let go.
The cuts of Ballard and Fells indicate that Rob Gronkowski could be ready to play sooner than expected after missing all four exhibition games following back surgery. He's one of three tight ends still on the roster.
Tebow is one of three quarterbacks, playing behind Tom Brady and Ryan Mallett.
Asked after Thursday's game if he felt that performance improved his chances of making the team, Tebow said, "I'm not sure. I don't make those decisions."
That decision will depend on whether Belichick feels it would help the Patriots more to have greater depth at another position than by carrying a third quarterback, something he's done just once in the past four seasons.
"I don't think it's good planning or good insurance for your team to go light at a position and then have no idea where your depth at that position is going to be," he said. "It may be on the roster. It may not be on the roster. But, at least, you want to have some idea where you're headed if you need it."
That depth could come from players on the practice squad, the physically unable to perform list or free agents who aren't on any team, Belichick said.
"I think whenever you put a roster together you look at it and say, 'OK, we're a little heavy here and we're a little light here,' relative to where your team has been in the past, or maybe relative to what the norm is around the league," he said. "But you do it because you feel you have a higher quality player at a certain position, or you just lack the overall depth at another position.
"That's going to happen somewhere on your roster every year."
The Patriots released three other veterans — defensive end Marcus Benard, wide receiver Johnathan Haggerty and linebacker Mike Rivera — first-year offensive lineman Luke Patterson and four rookie free agents — fullback Ben Bartholomew, defensive linemen Gilbert Pena and Scott Vallone and offensive lineman Matt Stankiewitch.
The Patriots hoped Ballard could contribute this year when they claimed him off waivers from the Giants in 2012. Belichick knew the knee injury he sustained in the Super Bowl that year, a 21-17 win over the Patriots, would keep him out all last season. But Ballard didn't seem at full strength this summer and didn't catch any passes in exhibition games.
Fells played 13 games last season after signing as a free agent from Denver and caught four passes. He had five receptions this preseason.
Gronkowski is on the physically unable to perform list and, if he stays there, would have to miss the first six regular-season games. But he's been working out on the field in shorts and a T-shirt and could be ready early in the season. The other tight ends are rookie free agent Zach Sudfeld and Michael Hoomanawanui. The Patriots cut Aaron Hernandez on June 26 after he was arrested. Later that day, he was charged with murder.
One decision involves the punter, where Zoltan Mesko had three solid seasons. But free-agent rookie Ryan Allen has had a good camp.
"It's been competitive all the way through from the spring to training camp into the games," Belichick said. "We have to talk about that one."
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Bartenders can make up to $14 an hour - before tips (and tips usually make up most of a bartender's pay). Bartender jobs are great for outgoing multi-taskers.
What do bartenders do?
So you wanna be a bartender? OK. Make me three dirty martinis, four margaritas (one frozen, three on the rocks, one with no salt), a black and tan, two pina coladas, a manhattan, a scotch (neat), and seven orange crush shooters.
Oh, and I need those all in less than five minutes. Still sound like a job you might want to do? Then read on.
Bartending can be a great job. You get to laugh, joke and have fun with people who come to you to have a good time. You make a few drinks, chat with people and maybe even get to dance a bit. Almost all bartenders are extroverts who don't mind being the center of attention - but you've got to have a long fuse, especially with people who have had a bit too much to drink.
Different types of bartenders:
Show bartenders are the kind you think of when you think of the movie "Cocktail." There is a lot of bottle flipping, tossing and even setting things on fire. Show bartenders typically work in large restaurants and are frequently found in Las Vegas or at resorts.
Educated bartenders (who have extensive knowledge of wines, scotches, whiskeys and bourbons) can work at high-end restaurants or specialty shops, pairing foods with drinks and recommending $100 cocktails.
The average bartender, though, works at a restaurant or bar. You'll be required to quickly make drinks for your guests, serve food and make drinks for the servers to serve to their guests.
Bartending isn't all fun and games. Every so often a person will vomit, and you may be the one cleaning it up. If you're a girl, you will get hit on by drunk guys - and it won't always be pretty. Guys, you too will have your fair share of girls flirting with you, which I promise is not as fun as it might sound. People will grab your arm as your working to get your attention, causing you to spill drinks. You will have bar patrons yell at you for not putting enough alcohol in a drink, others who tell you you're making their drink wrong and many who won't even tip you at all.
You have to be able to tell people "no" and mean it. If someone has had enough, you have to stop serving them, make sure no one else serves them and deter them from driving. Not only can you be held legally responsible if they cause an accident, but stopping someone from hurting themselves or others is the right thing to do. You absolutely cannot serve anyone who is underage. Law enforcement officials routinely hire teenagers to come into bars. If you serve them, don't check their IDs or don't recognize a blatantly fake ID, you will lose your job, if not go to jail.
As fun as bartending can be, it comes with some very serious responsibilities. Bartenders are on the frontlines of what can sometimes be a brutal world. You will see normally nice men and women showing the ugliest sides of themselves. If you ever witness a domestic situation, someone attempting to drug another person or someone taking advantage of someone who has had too much to drink, it is your responsibility to step in. If you can't stomach it, then don't become a bartender.
How much do bartenders make?
Depending on where you work, you can make up to $14 an hour - and that's before tips! But on average, bartenders make $9 an hour. You'll also receive tips from your customers and depending on the restaurant, you might even get a tip out (a percentage of the tips the servers get from their tables).
On a busy Friday night, you can walk out with a few hundred dollars in your pocket (unless you work alone, you'll split the tip jar with your fellow bartenders) on top of the check you'll take home later. On a slow night? Well, let's just say it's a good thing you make $9 an hour.
What are the education requirements?
Depending on where you want to work, none. Many restaurants don't mind hiring an aspiring bartender and training them. It never hurts to do a little research on your own before applying to bartender jobs. Buy a bartending recipe book ("Mr. Boston: Official Bartenders Guide" is a great place to start) and start testing out your bartending skills on your friends.
If you aspire to tend bar in an upscale restaurant, you should consider attending a mixology school. Bartending school will give you the knowledge you need to snag a job at a place where you'll have to know the difference between a bottle of a prohibition-era Macallan re-bottled in 2002 and a Macallan 12-year scotch (what's the difference? about $54,000).
Career paths for bartenders
After improving on your beer pouring skills (and yes, there is a right and wrong way to pour beer) you'll work your way up to the coveted weekend shift - that's where all the money is. After that, you can either work your way into a management position or find a more upscale or better paying place to tend bar.
The future of bartender jobs
According to the BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics), the bartending industry is expected to grow at a rate of 10 percent of the next decade. This is about average for all jobs in America.
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Just as we've said previously, gas prices may have been higher this spring than they were in 2008, but as we can already see, thanks to this great chart from Kelley Blue Book, prices retreating earlier in the summer than they did three years ago. Here's why it's happening and why the rest of the summer those prices will continue to drop.
According to the wise gas pricing gurus at Kelley Blue Book in their recently released, and aptly-named, Blue Book Market Report:
Gas prices already have declined $0.40 per gallon since mid-May, and there is a strong likelihood of additonal softness moving forward. While fuel prices have performed similarly to the last run-up in 2008, they peaked earlier this year and are widely expected to continue to decline through summer. There are several factors that are likely to continue to push down both gas and oil prices moving forward.
1. President Obama recently announced that the United States will release 30-million barrels of oil from strategic reserves. This should provide some temporary relief, but when we consider that the U.S. consumes approximately 18-million barrels of oil per day, this is not likely to have a lasting impact.
2. Saudi Arabia announced plans to increase oil production to 10-million barrels per day starting in July. Even if they don't fully live up to their commitement, an increase in production from a major player such as Saudi Arabia should provide relief to any supply concerns.
3. The International Energy Agency (IEA) recently announced that they would release 60-million barrels of oil from member nations' strategic reserves at a pace of 2-million barrels per day, 30 million of which will come from the United States. This should provide further relief to the increased supplies being provided by Saudi Arabia.
They continue by pointing out that:
The severe drop in 2008 was the result of rampant speculation coupled with the near-total collapse of the U.S. economy. We may not be able to predict the bottom of the market, but we do expect prices to drop through summer, and as fuel prices continue to decline, values of fuel-efficient used vehicles will drop. While oil prices and subsequently gasoline prices will continue to fall based on increased supplies, a 15 percent decline will not send the industry into the tailspin experienced in 2008, when near 40 percent declines were seen across the board.
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Joshua Daniel Hartnett was born in San Francisco, but raised in St. Paul, Minnesota where he starred on his high school football team till a knee injury prematurely ended his gridiron career. Turning his attention to acting, Josh first found a modicum of fame in 1997 on TV as Fitz on the short-lived series Cracker. The next year, he made his big screen debut with a breakthrough performance opposite Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween H20.
Since then, he's enjoyed a meteoric rise, landing a string of lead roles in such hit flicks as Hollywood Homicide, Sin City, Black Hawk Down, 40 Days & 40 Nights, The Faculty, The Virgin Suicides, Pearl Harbor, Here on Earth and Lucky Number Slevin. With his services in demand, Hartnett has already committed to a number of upcoming films, including Resurrecting the Champ with Samuel L. Jackson, 30 Days of Night with Melissa George, and The Prince of Cool where he's handle the title role as the legendary jazz trumpeter Chet Baker.
His new release is The Black Dahlia, a film noir based on the James Ellroy novel of the same name. The picture, directed by Brian de Palma, revisits the events surrounding the unsolved, 1947 murder of an aspiring Hollywood actress. Here, Josh talks about his role as Bucky Bleichert, one of the detectives assigned to crack the case.
BSN: Why do you think people care about a 60 year-old murder case?
JH: It's unsolved still, so I think people are fascinated by that. And it was grisly. It was really a terrible murder. And generally, I just think, it was one of the first of its kind in the States. It was definitely the biggest murder in Los Angeles history to date at that point. I don't know why it captured people's attention as much as it did, because it became this giant phenomenon. Anybody who was around the California area at that time knew the whole saga. It was in the newspapers every day. It was a big deal.
BSN: What about your character, Bucky Bleichert? How did he get enmeshed in the case?
JH: As the story goes on, he gets sucked deeper and deeper into this sort of crazy world that, originally, he wanted nothing to do with. Even when the Dahlia was murdered, he doesn't feel that it was his job to be a part of it.
BSN: Tell me a little about the film's love triangle featuring you, your partner Lee (Aaron Eckhart), and his wife, Scarlett Johansson.
JH: Kay is pretty much the innocent of the piece. She was beaten up terribly by this character named Bobby DeWitt (Richard Brake) before he went to prison. She was kinda' forced into prostitution and luckily found herself in Lee's arms. At around the time of the trial, Lee kind of saves her, but he needs her as well. It's a surrogate sister sort of thing. Their relationship is really interesting.
BSN: How so?
JH: I wouldn't say that Bucky wanted to rock the boat, because he appreciated the three of them as a whole.
BSN: Why do you describe Kay as innocent?
JH: Because this girl has an open quality about her onscreen. Everything she feels comes right out through her face. There's not a lot hidden. I think Kay is the most open of the bunch. She has a troubled past, but she wants kind of a good, solid life. Everybody else is sort of twisted. They want more or different things than that. Bucky would probably want a normal life, but he's easily taken in by the dark side. But Kay wants nothing to do with that. So, what I think is great about Scarlett is that she has this real generous quality about her. She wants good things for herself and the other characters.
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Christopher Mintz-Plasse, better known to everybody as McLovin, has signed on to play Charilies best friend Evil Ed in the upcoming remake of "Fright Night". This is overshadowed however with the announcement that Doctor Who himself, David Tennant, will be stepping into the shoes of Roddy McDowall's "Vincent".
Porn star Belladonna will be making her main stream debut in the upcoming "Stripped", an indie feature labeled as post-feminism horror.
Dark Horse Comics and Universal Studios are teaming up to bring two popular comic titles to life. While details are scant, "Dreadful Ed" and "Mary Scary" are set to be brought to life as animated features .


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A make of spy plane known to be in use by the British forces is now confirmed to have an "optionally manned" version, allowing it to be crewed - for legal reasons, or to save bandwidth - or to fly itself, as desired.
Ideal for the misanthropic parachuting enthusiast.
The aircraft in question is the DA42 Twin Star, at least two of which have been bought for Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) missions by the British MoD. The light twin-engined plane is thought to be operated by 39 Squadron, a tri-service unit which also handles Reaper hunter-killer drone aircraft above Afghanistan.
The DA42 is mostly supplied in conventional piloted form, but now US aerial crazytech firm Aurora Flight Sciences has announced that it is putting the finishing touches to a version which can fly itself. According to Aurora:
Aurora's DA42M-OPV [Optionally Piloted Vehicle], named "Centaur", adds an extensive suite of propriety electronics and software that retains all of the manned mission capability while also enabling the capability to conduct missions with no pilot onboard. This "optionally piloted" configuration is unique to the Aurora version of the DA42M.
"The Centaur has roughly the same payload and range performance as the MQ-1 Predator UAV," says Aurora chief John Langford, "but it has several important advantages. First, it can be flown with a pilot onboard, which will facilitate operation in the National Airspace System. Second, it has two engines, which gives greater reliability and safety. Third, the Centaur is easily reconfigurable so it can carry a variety of payloads. Finally, it has extremely low operating costs. We see it as a crossover product with enormous potential in many markets."
British firm DO Systems was touting an optionally-manned Twin Star to UK government customers last year, but if Aurora are right it would appear that they haven't yet delivered any.
Aurora, for their part, say that the "Centaur" will make its first flight this summer and will be delivered from 2011. Its first customer will be NASA, who plan to use it for surveying the Greenland ice pack.
Blighty, meanwhile, is known to make use of various aircraft for surveillance missions in support both for military campaigns abroad and counter-terrorism efforts at home. Apart from the Reaper and Twin Star, the Army Air Corps is known to have specially-equipped Beechcraft King Air spy planes and RAF Islanders are also believed to contribute, especially above the UK.
The great advantage of unmanned aircraft - particularly ones using fuel-efficient engines like the Twin Star - is endurance, with such planes able to stay up for more than 24 hours at a stretch. Unmanned operations also involve no risk to crews operating above hostile local residents.
As Langford points out, however, the ability to carry a crew can be useful. Pilots are still legally required in most Western airspace, and where bandwidth is tight - where satcomms must be used because there is no line of sight between base and aircraft, for instance - it can be useful to carry analysts on board so as to avoid transmitting huge volumes of sensor data.
Bandwidth wouldn't be an issue above the UK, where a ground station could be put anywhere, but the legally-required pilot would still have to be aboard. Unmanned operations, for some time to come, will still be mainly for operations in overseas warzones: but Aurora - who are in a good position to know - seem to state categorically that the UK's Twin Stars have no such capability yet.
It would seem that either the 39 Squadron DA42 spyplane operators are unconcerned about endurance, risk and so on - or perhaps that they are actually using their planes above the UK at least some of the time. Military ISTAR air units have long been tasked in support of special-operations forces, counter-terror secret police and MI5 personnel operating in the UK: originally mainly in Northern Ireland, and nowadays in certain parts of the mainland. ®


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I seriously can NOT believe it's the last day of April 2009.....
I have 24 more days till my appt with the new Doc.....
Another 3 more days and my baby turns 5!!
Today is my good friend Harriet's Birthday!!! YAY, may you have an awesome day spent with gorgeous Aidan. I can't believe he has been here a month already.
It's another long weekend for us here in S.A. Tomorrow is another public holiday - Workers Day. I can't wait for all these public holidays to be over with, and I'm pretty sure there will be another one next week when they swear in the new President of our Country. Is that the right terminology?? When they swear in?? I don't know, hmmmm.... if I'm wrong please someone correct me.
Oh, my sister Jenna and I went out yesterday at lunch time. She runs a non profit charity and needed to go pick up some goodies for the women's home. We had to pick up the stuff at Lory Animal and Owl Sanctuary. WOW!!!! We knew there were Owls there, but we got the fright of our lives when we turned the corner and got greeted by a huge TIGER!! I have never been so close to a real live TIGER before. Hehe, Jen and I both grabbed each others hands and started walking away really slowly. As if we really thought the cat would jump the fence and attack us. Knowing my luck..... But anyway, after getting a little lost in the sanctuary we came across a beautiful Male Lion and some gorgeous Puma's and baby Puma's. Then another beautiful Tiger who was relaxing in his jacuzzi. Ok, more like his water hole but he looked like a Lord sitting in the middle with just his huge head sticking out. He just needed a cocktail and a cigar to make the scene perfect.
Anyway, I have 3 more days to pull off a last minute planned 5th Birthday Party. We weren't going to have a party for McK this year. But we've decided to go with a BBQ on Sunday. A High School Musical BBQ. McK has given us each a Character to play. LOL. I need to get cakes sorted, party packs packed and so forth.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
I seriously can NOT believe it's the last day of April 2009.....
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
We have been internetless since Friday. Not fun at all. Although the withdrawal symptoms weren't as bad as what I thought they would be. I might actually be able to go without the net again. Not too soon, but I think I might survive a weekend without it.
We are having a bit of bad luck lately. Our car broke!!! A couple $$$ later, and it's getting fixed at the garage as I type. Our kitchen sink/drain is blocked. Everything just sucks right now....
And I really want to be pregnant..... but sadly I don't think that is going to happen either.
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Friday, April 24, 2009
Another 2ww.... the 39th one.....
I think it's pretty safe to say I'm in the 2ww now. Check my chart. I've changed to a new digital BBT thermometer. It measures in Fahrenheit. So it's been a challenge getting used to it and I have to stop myself from switching my FF chart to Degree C. My temps look so low when I do that, but in Fahrenheit it looks perfect!
I'm a little cautious to get too excited about this cycle, but it's the first one in a LONG TIME that our BDing has been timed this well. So it's hard not to be a little optimistic.
I have 29 days left before we see our new doctor. I'm starting to panic slightly. He better be awesome! I'm not going to accept another @sshole.
My PC or should I say internet is still giving me issues. I miss chatting to my SOP girls so much!! :( Me very unhappy, but I'm hoping it will get sorted out over the weekend.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Ovary Ping Pong
Usually I have one sided O pains. But these last 24 hours the cramps are switching from right to left and back again. I wonder which useless ovary will win the game. I'm of course hoping that there are at least a good number of audience members (a.k.a sperm) cheering on.
Nothing much to report on TTC wise. Just waiting waiting. What else does TTC consist of other than more waiting......
Update: Today's OPK
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Monday, April 20, 2009
"There is a sense of exhilaration that comes from facing head-on the hard truths and saying, 'We will never give up. We will never capitulate. It might take a long time, but we will find a way to prevail.'"
– Jim Collins
Over the last few days I've found myself thinking about just giving up on TTC. Yeah I know I have a new doc appointment coming up and all that.... But just this past week, I've become very bored with this whole TTC thing. It just seems so pointless lately and not at all "fun".
But then yesterday while walking round the shops, I saw 2 little girls aged 3 and 4 my guess. They were both dressed the same (argh, I hate that... but that's my opinion) in green/white polka dot dresses. Both had blonde hair cut above the shoulders. McK and I happened to walk past them, and would you know my McK had the exact same dress on and same hairstyle. McK says to me, "look mommy we look like sisters." Yeah attack of the polka dot triplets. I say "yeah, you girls do, cute... lets walk.".... McK looks up at me and says "mommy we need to get me a sister so that I don't have to be alone any more."
Aai my girl, I'm trying..... I'm really trying..... but it's getting so hard lately.
Another McK moment, (had to update this entry today)
So my cousin's LO and McK are in the same class. Now T broke her arm and has a pretty pink cast on it. I went to pick McK up now from school, and the teacher had to share the following with me....
McK: "Maam, I also want a pink cast. How do I get one?"
Teacher: "You need to break your arm first in order to get one."
McK: "Maam, come help me please.... "
Teacher said she laughed so hard, and McK wasn't impressed because her Maam wouldn't help her break her arm.....
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Friday, April 17, 2009
200th Blog entry....
Can you believe it... I've often in the past started and deleted blogs, so I'm rather impressed that I managed to get to 200 and not given up or gotten bored. So I was thinking what could I possibly do for my 200th post? Thanks to my darling McK, you get to share in this important BIG GIRL moment!!!
AFTER: (ok, she looks weird in this pic)
McK was so excited about the Tooth Fairy until it got dark and time for bed. She was then terrified!!!! Spent most of the night in our bed, clinging to me with the duvet over her head. After all that, the poor thing was scared of the Tooth Fairy. I even had to carry her to the bathroom and back last night. LOL.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Long time no blog hey. We got to spend some much needed family time away from the PC. So where do I start??
I didn't quite update my birthday… so lets begin there…..
Wednesday night: We went out with friends, which was only supposed to be 2 drinks but ended up with us getting home at 1am after dancing and "singing" the night away. Thanks Frans and Nita!!
Thursday: I was woken up with a phone call by Frans and Nita, and their two adorable little boys singing happy birthday to me. Now I'm not a big phone person. You won't easily get me answering the phone…. But who could resist the cute vocals of a 2 and 6 year old. The rest of the day was pretty much uneventful. Actually I spent most of it cursing my PC!!! Thursday Eve: My in laws were having a BBQ for their neighbours which doubled up as a birthday BBQ for me too.
So that was pretty much my "exciting" 29th Birthday. Oh I almost forgot the b*tch arrived as expected. Can't remember the exact time, but it was about an hour after my post on Thursday!! It was by far the most painful AF I've had ever. Not emotionally painful, but physical. Felt like my freaking uterus was being ringed inside out…. Not fun at all. But nothing like 2 tequila's and some painkillers to put one to sleep……
The rest of the weekend was spent together. Craig didn't have to work as much as what we thought. We got to hang out with M&H as well. Which was good. We have missed each other over the last few weeks. So it was time well spent catching up. The boys are also planning an exciting "manly" adventure. But I'll let you all in on that when the final plans have been made.
On McK news:
Argh, I almost put her up for sale yesterday. After dragging her out of the shop kicking and screaming blue murder. Argh, I'm so over her tantrums now. I don't know what to do anymore. I'm now banning her from entering any shops that sell sweets. It's done. One of us will stay in the car with her, or she stays at home with who ever. Giving her the big Speech about her being a BIG girl doesn't work any more, neither does a good hiding. I can't even threaten her any more. She sees straight through it.
She still has her woobly tooth. I was hoping it would have fallen out over the weekend, but it didn't. She wants her Uncle Mathi to pull it for her, but it's still pretty tight for pulling. M leaves on Thursday for holiday, so maybe there is still a chance he will pull it before then although I doubt it.
On TTC news:
It's CD6. AF pretty much flew by without much fuss, except for those first 2 days of uterus wrenching cramps. I'm undecided on what our POA is for this cycle. Number 39. We have just over a month to go until we see our new doctor. Still have one more AF to get before seeing him. We will see him towards the end of cycle 40. I'm hoping as always that we won't be seeing him for a TTC appt, but rather a PG one. I guess some times my heart is more foolish than my brain……
Oh, I need to update two very AWESOME things:
1) My dear friend Annie, who I blogged about just recently found out they are having TWINS!!! YAY!! I'm so stoked for them
2) Then another dear friend, Lindsey, gave birth to a gorgeous baby girl, Alyssa. Well done mommy!!!!
Then I need you all to go over to Megs, and drop off some baby dust please!!!!
Ok, now that I've taken up way too much of your time….. let me get going. Till we meet again…. Take care x x x
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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Happy Birthday..
To Me
I would like to wish myself a wonderful day. May the year ahead be filled with more ups than downs.
ps, I'm expecting a visitor today. Not going to mention her name. But I hope she'll spare me until tomorrow...... ;-)
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
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And so the problems continue... Not sure, but my PC is on Crack!!!! Today I can't even send out mail. :( It sucks to be so totally dependent on the internet. I can't do anything without it. At least blogger still works. For now....
Oh big news. McK has a loose tooth. Bottom front. I'm hysterical about it. In tears. This only means that my baby is now really becoming a big girl. I'm giving it about a day or two before it falls out. I better be around when it does. I gave McK such a speech that by no means is her teacher allowed to pull that tooth. It's her first one, and I her mommy has to be within looking distance when it happens!!!
My baby is loosing a tooth!!!! Sob sob sob..... this is indeed a weird messed up on Crack week......
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Monday, April 6, 2009
Argh...... Can I please go back to bed?
This morning started off cr@p and I'm pretty sure today will continue to go cr@ppy too.
Worst of all, I can't access any of my forums or my social networks. Well I can lurk and read, but if I try to post it throws me out. Why you ask..... I tell you why....
My brother installed some fancy new high tech internet rooter, (ok, I don't know exactly what it is but anyway..) it regards forums and social networks as "a waste of time" "spam" what ever, functions and blocks me from using this service. Sucks hey. Very frustrating. I wonder if it will even allow me to post this blog.
I'm going to hit submit and then if it throws me out, I'm going to swear like a flucking something and maybe throw something and go back to bed.....
Posted by Making Babies at 8:42 AM 1 comments
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Thought I would let you all in on a conversation I had with my 4 almost 5 year old McK on the way home from the shops this afternoon…. (Take note, it started because I wouldn't buy her a toy.)
McK: But mommy, you don't ever buy me anything
Tears welling up
Me: What about yesterday, I bought you TWO polly pocket dolls
McK: Now I'm shame
More tears
Me: Why you shame
McK: Cause you won't buy your little child nuffing
Sniffing the tears back
Me: Sorry I'm an awful mommy, would you like to swop me?
McK: Yes, I want Tayla's mommy
Me: Why Tayla's mommy?
McK: Cause she buys her child a toy everyday
Long silence (long as in 5 seconds) Looking out the window
McK: Are you going to have a baby mommy?
Me: Some day angel, we are working on it. Maybe you should ask God for a brother or sister.
McK: I do, I ask every day at school. But I get nuffing!!!
Big tears…..
Me: Ah don't cry…..
McK: Look at my hands mommy, I got nuffing in them. You always buy me nuffing
Me: **insert giggle here**
McK: Don't laugh at me. You are being selfish. I still have nuffing.
Me: Come get out the car……….
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Welcome Christmas.
We are gearing up for a magical year here in the Meeker house. Our children are all believers. Their Christmas spirit is contagious.
Every year I design a new theme for our mantle. This year I was inspired by country life. I love old barns and natural fibers. I'm also loving all the mounted animal heads as long as they are fake. I find real animal heads to be disturbing. Taxidermy. Not for me.
Anyway, Ben humored me and constructed my pint sized barn door. I painted it with our initials. I found the stag head at Target along with the small snowflake votives. The mercury glass jugs are from World Market. The larger porcelain votives are from Crate and Barrel. The garland was made by ripping natural linen into strips.
You can't see it too well in the photo but there is a pair of antique ice tongs propped against the door that I found in an antique store. I can't remember where I got the large bells.
Because the mantle isn't overtly Christmas, I think if I take away the bells I can leave it up through January.
Hopefully I will have time to share more of our Christmas this year! Remember that I can be found on Instagram almost everyday.


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Outdoor Adventures
Desk jockeys, put down that dry cleaning and get inspired by your friends and neighbors. They make the most of Hawaii's giant backyard—and they want to show us how.
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Camping in Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe.
Photo by Olivier Koning
It's easy for some of us to get complacent about the beauty that surrounds us. We spend our weekends picking up dry cleaning and going to Costco, instead of trekking past kiawe, communing with reef fish or happily inhaling dirt on a rugged bike trail. Well, desk jockeys, put down that dry cleaning and get inspired by your friends and neighbors. They make the most of Hawaii's giant backyard—and they want to show you how. We've rated how rigorous each activity is, so you can find an adventure suited to your adrenaline-level needs.
Photo by Ron Dahlquist
Enter the House of the Sun
Want to really get away from it all? The 24,700-acre wilderness at Maui's Haleakala National Park may be the farthest you can escape from civilization—your cell phone won't work, and even aircraft are banned from flying overhead. Accessible only on foot or by horse, two trailheads descend from the rim to the crater floor, winding between cinder cones, across lava fields and through misty shrub lands. Pack your tent or reserve one of three cozy cabins for a night; plan for extremes in weather, some high-altitude breathlessness and a 4- to 10-mile trek. 808-572-4400, www.nps.gov/hale.
Carve a Trail
Photo by Olivier Koning
Mountain biking is great exercise and a wonderful way to soak in views of mountain ranges, valleys and other places where there are no buildings. You can hike there, too, but biking enthusiasts will tell you that getting there on a bike is more fun.
First, you'll need a bike. Skip Wal-Mart and buy yours from a bike shop. They're staffed with passionate cyclists eager to help you get started with a dirt-worthy bike to fit your budget. Bikes start at about $1,000 for what's called a hardtail, with bump-absorbing springs on the front wheel only, or $2,000 for a full suspension bike. The entry price may seem steep, but it's worth it. "You'll have a better, safer time on the bike," says Stu Drake, assistant manager at The Bike Shop's Aiea store. Drake recommends the Kona Caldera ($989) hardtail, or Specialized Pitch All-Mountain full suspension bike ($1,989).
You'll also need a helmet and gloves because the occasional spill is part of the sport. "And if you haven't been on a bike in a while, consider shin guards and kneepads," Drake says.
Put on your gear, pump up your tires and head for Kaena Point. Coming at it from the Mokuleia side is a great first ride—the trail presents its challenges in small doses, you can't get lost and you'll be treated with stunning views.
For more places to ride, check out www.hawaiitrails.org. Even better, get John Alford's Mountain Biking the Hawaiian Islands. The book's in need of an update, but it's still the best resource for safe, respectful mountain biking in our beautiful Islands.


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Fashion Week: Black jacket becomes 'it' piece for fal
The myriad designs parading on the runways of New York Fashion Week converged on one standout style-savvy look for fall and winter 2013: the black jacket.
Ubiquitous in the latest collections, the jacket appeared sporting a boxy silhouette, swinging lines or oversized shoulders, but the black was non-negotiable. It was by far the dominant color among the hundreds of the fall and winter women's collections unveiled by designers at the semi-annual extravaganza.
New York Fashion Week, which is followed by similar events in London, Paris and Milan, concludes on Thursday with shows by Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren. Michael Kors will be among those showing his designs on Wednesday.
In shows this week, the black jacket appeared tuxedo-style with contrasting satin lapels, as a bolero, in edgy motorcycle cuts, playfully cropped at the waist, as a tailored blazer, as a blouson and with ruffles at the waist. Among designers highlighting the piece were Nicole Miler, Yigal Azrouel and Kenneth Cole
The black jacket was paired with skirts, most of them pleated or pencil, and trousers that veered between slim and slouchy.
Fur was also omnipresent - in narrow neck pieces, stoles, snoods and wraps and adorning everything from anoraks to evening gowns. Designers dyed it eye-catching reds and greens.
"Furs are so prevalent, it's unbelievable," said David Wolfe, creative director of The Doneger Group fashion consultants.
"It's luxury and drama and glamour, and it's escapism because we're still not out of the economic woods," he said. "This is kind of kidding yourself that everything is the way it was in the '80s when times were good."
The fall and winter collections were unexpectedly lush, said luxury consultant Robert Burke.
"It's not exactly a boom time period, but designers are designing like it is," he said.
Evening wear featured rich textiles and heavy ornamentation, especially in collections by Tadashi Shoji and Pamella Roland who took inspiration from old St. Petersburg in Russia and Naeem Khan who looked to 1920s Art Deco.
"If I'm a designer and I'm in a higher-end market, how do I differentiate myself from fast fashion? It's the ornamentation," said retail consultant Tom Julian.
Leather made a strong showing - cut into lacy evening dresses, folded into pleated trousers, trimmed into skinny leggings and even feathered into hemline flounces. Shearling was popular too.
Layering played a big role. Designers put short jackets over long shirts, letting the tails hang out the back, and brought out plenty of vests, from biker to brocade, as well as hoods.
"I was intrigued by the hoodie that gets layered with the cardigan that gets layered with the tunic that gets layered with the slicker," said Julian.
Necklines were high. Turtlenecks were popular, as were stand-up collars and bows tied at the front of the neck.
Accompanying all that black was gray, in versions dubbed fog, smoke, slate, pewter, gun metal, charcoal, lead and mercury.
For those craving a bit of color, a dark red described variously as oxblood, Bordeaux, Windsor wine, Merlot and wineberry made a subtle appearance, as did deep greens described as moss, malachite and viridian and purples named aubergine, amethyst, amaranth and black plum.
"Women who pass on the bright color are going to bite on these more sophisticated, darker, muted colors," said Wolfe.


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Piggy Paint: Non-Toxic, Water-Based Nail Polish
I've been obsessed with vegan, cruelty-free and non-toxic nail polish pretty much since I was in utero. 😉 Ha, okay, maybe not that far back, but sers, I love me some bright, pretty nails sans all the nasty, if you know what I'm sayin'.
Piggy Paint is a non-toxic, low odor, water-based, cruelty-free and vegan kid-friendly nail polish brand that offers a variety of cutesy colorful shades (e.g. Groovy Grape and Clouds of Candy). It's a great alternative to solvent-based nail polishes, which makes it safe for kiddos and prego ladies, too!
How exactly is this nail polish non-toxic, you ask? It's free of formaldehyde, toluene, phthalates, Bisphenol A, ethyl acetate and acetone and every ingredient in the polish is biodegradable to boot. Believe it or not, this is actually the first time I've ever tried a water-based nail polish, and I must say, I'm a big fan! The color came out beautifully and it totally didn't stink! So many "non-toxic" nail polishes smell toxic as hell, but this one wins the prize. Now I'm excited to try out some other water-based, vegan brands. 🙂
Check out a few of the fun colors from Piggy Paint's nail polish line (2nd pic is Eat Your Peace, the shade I tried on my toesie wosies):
My recommendations for using Piggy Paint: 1) Apply several coats and 2) Allow extra drying time in between coats and definitely before putting on your socks or slippers.
What's your favorite non-toxic vegan nail polish?
About Sunny (Sunny's Profile)Longtime vegan, hardcore compassionate beauty junkie, serious cake aficionado, and lover of all things floofy and sparkly! If there's something in particular you'd like me to review, drop me a line at email@example.com. You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and Google +.
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I'm a big fan of yours from El Paso! I visit your site all the time! I'm like totally obsessed with you! Seriously, I wish I could be you. Keep being your awesome vegan self. Btw, love that nail polish color on you. 🙂
I second the Mineral Fusion nail polish. Goes on smooth, low odor, dries quickly, and doesn't chip easily. On the other hand, their nail polish remover is super strong smelling…I have to open all the windows and turn on the fans when I use it. Hopefully, I can use a diff. remover with the MF polish.
Oh, I love those bright colors! Mineral Fusion is my current favorite polish but I love trying new brands so I'll look into Piggy Paint!


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This short film follows stuntman Ken Carter on the stock-car racing track, where he engages in crazy activities, such as driving his car off a ramp over a parked line of cars. Take a wild ride with Ken as he prepares for his act.
He's mad for realmdeschenes, 13 Mai 2014
I saw Evel Knievel & Ken Carter perform at Worcester, Massachusetts in September 1977. Ken Carter was billed as "Ken Carter The Crazy Canadian".wtaguy, 25 Sep 2011
I remember when Ken Jumped at Atlantic Speedway. My Dad, Jerry Lawrence, was the track announcer and is shown in the video. Ahh, gone are the days of thrill shows. they were great while they lasted. Although, Paul Ridell still travels the US and Canadapat, 3 Nov 2009


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Whether you are tucking things into niches between ornamental landscape plants, planting a patio patch like in the image, setting up a first time summer garden patch, or replanning your annual garden, here are some great ideas to increase your production!
1. If you have space, and are creating a back, or front, yard food forest, always start with your tree placements first! Determine which veggies grow well with each kind of tree. Santa Barbara Mediterranean Food Forests
2. Keep in mind veggies need sun! 6 to 8 hours, preferably 8! They are making fruit, and often many! That takes energy.
3. Put tall plants to the north (see image below), so they won't shade the shorties. If there is a partially shaded area, plant your tallest plants on the shaded side so they can reach up to get some sun; put the shorter plants in decreasing heights, in front of them so all get as much light as they can. When you are planting rounds, another batch every few weeks, start in the north or the 'back' – the shaded area, and work your way forward.
4. Trellises and tall cages are terrific space savers and keep your plants off the ground out of harm's way – pests, diseases, damage. Your veggies will be clean, and have more even ripening. Cucumbers, beans, tomatoes. Squashes and melons can be trellised if you provide support for heavy fruits. Even Zucchini can be grown up through cages leaving a lot of ground space for underplantings. Harvesting is a lot easier and certain when those fast growing zuchs are up where you can see them!
5. There are rows and there are rows! Single row planting wastes space! Compare the images. If you do rows, plant 2 or 3 different plants in side by side rows, then have your walk way, then another 2 or 3 plants together. Whether you do 2 or 3, or even 4, depends on plant size, your reach, and ease of tending and harvest. Plant taller or medium size plants, like peppers and eggplant, by twos so you can reach in to harvest. Plant shorter smaller plants like lettuces, spinach, strawberries together since they are easy to reach across to harvest. If plants in the rows are the same size, plant the second row plants on the diagonal to the first row plants. That way your rows can be closer together and you can plant more plants!
6. Rather than rows, biodiversity, mixing things up, confuses pests, stops diseases in their tracks, because they can't just go from the same plant to the same plant down a row. Since we are not using tractors, there is no need for rows at all, but they can be lovely. The curved rows in the image are behind the Eden Project restaurant outdoor seating! Truly garden to table!
7. If you need only a few plants, rather than designating a separate space for lettuces and littles like radishes, tuck them in here and there on the sunny side under bigger plants! When it gets big enough, remove the sunny side lower leaves of the larger plant to let light in.
8. Plant what you like, and will really eat along with some extra nutritious chards, kales.
9. Plants with the same water needs are good together. Like a salad patch – lettuce, arugula, spinach, bok choy, bunch onions, radish, chards. Putting the things together that you will harvest together saves time! Put carrots at the foot of pole beans.
10. Overplanting can take the fun out of things. Too many zucchini in hot summers, and you are going crazy trying to give away the over large ones you didn't harvest soon enough. Too many green beans are labor intensive harvesting, takes forever. Planting green beans too close together is hard to harvest, and they mildew more with low air circulation. Overplanting is delicious when you plant lots of lettuces, carrots then harvest what you thin out! That's baby kales, chard, mini carrots. These are the eat-on-the-spot-in-the-garden types!
11. Traditionally, and if you lived in the North with cold winters, you planted the garden all at once in spring! If your parents did that, you are unthinkingly likely to do it as well. In our SoCal Mediterranean climate, we plant all year though there are warmer and cooler veggie seasons. But each of these seasons are longer, and overlap! It is easy to get 3 plantings in succession IN EACH SEASON! Some plants will grow all year, mostly the 'winter' plants in our coastal gardens, for example, beets, broccoli, onions and cabbages. It takes strength to leave open space for successive rounds. But you can do it. Mark that space off, plant temporary fast growers, nitrogen-fixing fava, or lay down some soil feeding mulch like seedless straw. That space will be super productive when its turn comes.
12. Pole plants, have a lot longer production period than bush, like beans! Indeterminate tomatoes are true vines, can last all season long, but are susceptible to Fusarium and Verticillium wilts/fungi diseases. Might be better to plant determinates, limited growth varieties, in succession. That's plant a few, then in a few weeks a few more, and so on. Let the determinates produce like crazy all at once, pull them when they show signs of the wilts. If you have only a small space available, or want to do canning, then bush plants are for you!
13. Plants that act as perennials in our climate are smart money plants! Broccoli's for their side shoots, continuous kales and chards.
14. Special needs or companions!
- Eggplants, though heat lovers, love humidity, but not overhead watering. Put them among other medium height plants.
- Basils are great on the sunny sides of tomatoes, and go to table together.
- Corn needs colonies – plant in patches versus rows! Every silk needs pollination because each produces a kernel! The best pollination occurs in clusters or blocks of plants. Consider that each plant only produces 2 to 3 ears, usually 2 good ones. How many can you eat a once? Will you freeze them? The ears pretty much mature within a few days of each other! So, if you are a fresh corn lover, plant successively only in quantities you can eat.
15. Consider herbs for corner, border, or hanging plants. They add a beautiful texture to your garden, are wonderfully aromatic, repel pests! Remember, some of them are invasive, like oregano, culinary thyme. Sage has unique lovely leaves. Choose the right type of rosemary for the space and look you want.
Please be CREATIVE! You don't have to plant in rows, though that may be right for you. Check out this Squidoo Vegetable Garden Layout page! Check out the Grow Planner for Ipad from Mother Earth News! They may make you very happy! This is a perfectly acceptable way to play with your food.


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The Montessori approach to high school - in love with success
Biberkor in turn is focused on ensuring that pupils take pride and satisfaction from their performance in high school, with the all-day school providing motivation and initiatives to learn. Competent professional teachers respond individually to each student's needs, in small teaching groups.
High School
Biberkor is the first and only school in Bavaria that follows the principles of Montessori education all the way to university entrance, focusing on the principles of pupils gaining pride and satisfaction from their performance in high school, and them with providing motivation and initiatives to learn.
We strive to bring out the best in our high school students by teaching them that there is no pressure in performing absolutely every day, and avoiding both frustration and stress learning. School days are determined by independent and personal responsibility towards integrated learning and interdisciplinary approaches.
The learning environment is characterized by mutual respect and attentiveness. At Biberkor, we look at developing the holistic personalities of young people.
Highly-dedicated professional teachers provide the necessary input. Thanks to small groups, we are able to adapt to individual students' needs - the best preparation for the final exams. The community and our teaching approach provide help, even in difficult periods.
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Romanxdsouza wrote:Pajarita wrote:He knows keeping this bird is illegal and that the bird was poached from the wild and doesn't want anybody to know that he has it or to give it up so he wants the thread closed. But nobody from here is going to go to India and denounce him to the authorities and I am sure that all his neighbors already know so I don't know how closing the thread would help...
Well you still dont seem to be getting it, looks like you have a problem of forgetting and a problem of assuming as well.
well the bird being illegal.... yes i knew even before you told me it was illegal ,still thought someone here could help so joined the forum ,so please stop digging about this illegal topic goin on in india.and yes thats the only reason i want the thread closed,you have been telling me about this illegal bird thing in india even after i told you i know about it .guess the problem is you forget things soon.
as for it being poached you still did not get it i told you clearly he was rescued dont you get it................stop assuming.
as for my negbiours i did speak to them personally and explained about the bird being rescued and the screaming and they dont have a problem any more.so thats not the reason to close the thread....again stop assuming.
You kept assuming that the bird is not being fed....eating disorder,rehab...etc.....even after telling you hes eating well and been often to avian vet.if it was any of these problems i would consult my vet and asked questions here for help.
The only question here was how to get him to stop screaming and while members here were trying to find me a salution you on the other hand started explaining about illegal,poached,eating disorders,.....blah blah which was not my consern..why do you swich the topic.....
cant you like make another thread with a new topic for all that....so if someone has a problem regarding illegal birds,poached birds,eating disorder ...etc you could refer them to the the following threads.
Inspite of all discussed in the thread i still like to thank you for the help you provided with the food for my little fellow
stevesjk wrote:Can you please stop blanking out your previous messages by using the edit feature? It makes it difficult to follow the thread and also makes it look like you have something to hide.
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